alias2Symbol {limma}R Documentation

Convert Gene Alias to Official Gene Symbols

Description

Map a set of gene alias names to a set of gene symbols.

Usage

alias2Symbol(alias, species = "Hs")

Arguments

alias character vector of gene aliases
species character string specifying the species. Possible values are "Dm", "Hs", "Mm" or "Rn".

Details

Aliases are mapped via NCBI Entrez Gene identity numbers using Bioconductor organism packages.

Value

A character vector of gene symbols. May be longer or shorter than the original vector.

Author(s)

Gordon Smyth

See Also

unwrapdups

Examples

if(!require("org.Hs.eg.db")) alias2Symbol(c("PUMA","NOXA"))

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